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Peacock greenlights first Fast & Furious TV series, targeting 2028 premiere

Peacock has ordered its first live-action Fast & Furious TV series from Universal Television, with Mike Daniels and Wolfe Coleman as co-showrunners and Vin Diesel as executive producer. It is aimed at a 2028 premiere.

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Peacock has greenlit its first television series based on the Fast & Furious film franchise. Mike Daniels and Wolfe Coleman will write the series and serve as co-showrunners; Variety adds that they will also write the pilot. Franchise star Vin Diesel will be an executive producer, alongside One Race's Sam Vincent, Original Film's Neal H. Moritz and Pavun Shetty, and Jeff Kirschenbaum and Chris Morgan.

The series is from Universal Television and is set to premiere in 2028; Variety says it would coincide with the next film, Fast Forever, due in theatres on March 17, 2028. Deadline describes Fast Forever as the 11th and final film in the franchise, which it says has made more than $7 billion at the global box office over 25 years. The project was first revealed at NBCUniversal's upfront event in May, where Diesel said Peacock was launching four shows from the Fast & Furious universe.

Deadline says the other three projects come from Nick Wooton and Charmaine DeGraté, Ingrid Escajeda, and Joe Henderson. Diesel said at the upfront that fans had wanted the franchise on TV for a decade, and that he agreed once Universal Studios chief Donna Langley began overseeing NBCUniversal's TV operation, which he said would protect the characters' integrity. Previously, Netflix aired the animated series Fast & Furious Spy Racers for six seasons from 2019 to 2021, according to Variety.

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Variety presents the order as the next step after the May upfront reveal, tying the 2028 premiere to the final film.
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Peacock's announcement, the 2028 target, Diesel's upfront quote and the earlier Netflix animated series.
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Does not mention the three other series projects or the franchise's box-office total.
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“one of the most iconic film franchises in cinema history”
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“is closer to reality. Peacock announced Thursday that it has greenlit a new scripted television series” — Variety

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Deadline leads with an exclusive and an upbeat tone; Screen Rant gives a brief news item.
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Deadline stresses the box-office record, the creators' credits and the other three projects. Screen Rant stresses that the series is the first live-action one.
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Screen Rant omits the premiere date, the studio and the film tie-in. Deadline omits the Netflix animated series.
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“Start those engines”“isn't hitting the brakes anytime soon”
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“EXCLUSIVE: Start those engines because the Fast & Furious franchise is coming to television.” — Deadline
“The Fast & Furious franchise isn't hitting the brakes anytime soon.” — Screen Rant

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